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1. Re: WDC in Tableau Online
Martin Seifert Dec 29, 2015 4:57 AM (in response to Martin Seifert)Hey all!
I found a work-around: Tableau Online Sync Client!
Keep Your Data Fresh with Tableau Online's New Sync Client Feature | Tableau Software
What this little piece of gold basically does: It runs the refresh anywhere (e.g. my Laptop) and pushes it to Tableau Online. Exactly what I was looking for to avoid the Error mentioned above...
Tableau Online (as well as Tableau Server) does not allow Javascript to run for security reasons. But it does allow other Servers (or my Laptop) to run JS and then simply receive the extracted data. So all I need is a running machine which is able to receive my WDC data and run Sync Client. My setup in a nutshell:
Some API with the data
-> WDC running on my Laptop to get the data into Tableau Format (Tableau Desktop 64 bit needs to be installed)
-> Tableau Online Client Sync scheduling automatic refreshes and sending the data to Tableau Online
One note, though: This works with a self developed WDC where you can bypass the authentication. I tried Client Sync with my WDC and the Tableau-stored credentials, but then Client Sync crashes. If I hard-code the credentials into the WDC so Client Sync doesn't have to authenticate at all it works fine
Thanks everyone who gave a thought into this
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2. Re: WDC in Tableau Online
Martin Seifert Dec 29, 2015 5:05 AM (in response to Martin Seifert)Oh, btw: I'm running both the WDC and Sync Client on my laptop because it is switched on most of the time anyway... Obviously this could run on a Windows 64 bit Server anywhere, too